Originally published in the Guardian on 5 September 1970: Tam Dalyell MP calls for an investigation into Tottenham Hotspur's suspension of Graeme Souness, after the 17-year-old broke his contract by returning home to Scotland

Originally published in the Guardian on 14 January 1977: After three hours of procedural wrangling, a move to axe Scotland from the devolution Bill was the first issue of the measure which was debated in the Commons yesterday

It was nice of Paul Foot to interpret Tam Dalyell's recent intemperate outburst about "Jewish pressure" for him (Worse than Thatcher, May 14). Foot dismissed it simply as a "mistake" as Dalyell obviously meant "Zionist pressure".

Tam Dalyell, the veteran Labour MP and opponent of countless wars, faces an investigation for inciting racial hatred after he accused Tony Blair of being unduly influenced by Jewish ministers and officials.

George Galloway, MP for Glasgow Kelvin, and Tam Dalyell, father of the Commons, may be disciplined by Labour whips after complaints from fellow Labour MPs that the two went too far in attacking Tony Blair's Iraq policy.

The father of the House of Commons, Tam Dalyell, has launched an earnest attack on the prime minister, labelling him the worst Labour leader he has served under, and the worst prime minister of any party for his attitude to parliament.

If Blair goes to war with Iraq, this man will be protesting the loudest - just as he did at Thatcher over the Belgrano. An Old Etonian baronet elected a Labour MP by Scottish miners, he is someone who always goes his own way. Andrew Brown on the irksome campaigner who is also Father of the House

Shambling, ill-dressed Tam Dalyell has been a MP since 1967 and a protesting thorn in every government's side for just as long. His persistent individualism has helped rescue the House of Commons' sense of worth. Currently MP for Linlithgow and a columnist and obituary writer, he must wonder how his own obituaries will depict him: eccentric rebel or something more?

The veteran leftwing Labour MP Tam Dalyell said yesterday he planned to make a statement about his future in the next few weeks, but declined to comment on reports that he intended to retire at the next election.